"A healthy outside starts from the inside."
- Robert Urich.
About
Healthy Monday is the day all health breaks loose!
Mission
To help people everywhere start and sustain positive behavior change.
Company Overview
Healthy Monday is a national movement backed by leading public health schools that dedicates the first day of every week to health. Start your week off right with the help of our Healthy Monday tips, articles and resources!
Description
Why Monday? It's the day for a fresh start. Monday is when we're most likely to change our diet, quit smoking or begin an exercise plan. Plus, reminding yourself to try healthy habits every Monday means you'll have 52 chances to make a difference.
General Information
Healthy Monday is a project of The Monday Campaigns, in association with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Healthy Monday can be used as an umbrella campaign over a wide range of health initiatives. By using Monday to unite health messaging, workplaces, communities, schools and more can create a culture of wellness that motivates people to join together and start the week off healthy.
Organizations planning to launch more than one Monday Campaign at a time should consider using Healthy Monday as the connector between the campaigns. For example, though you may run Man Up Monday one week and Move It Monday the next, every Monday can be considered a piece of the overall Healthy Monday campaign.
COMMUNITIES
Promoting effective community-wide health initiatives is a top priority for all levels of government, from the CDC to the local mayor’s office. Healthy Monday can help create a culture of wellness in communities by making Monday a collective call to action to start the week by doing something healthy. In communities like Northern Kentucky, the Department of Health joined with schools, colleges, businesses, nonprofits, the media and the mayor’s office to make Monday “the day all health breaks loose.”
Meatless Monday is an international movement to help people reduce their meat consumption by 15%.
On average, Americans consume 8 ounces of meat per day – 45% more than the USDA recommends. Going meatless one day a week can reduce the risk of chronic preventable conditions like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. It can also help limit people’s carbon footprint and save precious resources like fresh water and fossil fuel.For more information on the benefits of reducing meat consumption along with delicious meatless recipes and other resources visit MeatlessMonday.com.
Why Monday?
Research conducted by Johns Hopkins shows people view Mondays-more than any other day of the week--as the day to kick start healthier choices and behaviors. Respondents chose Monday as the day they would start diets, exercising, quit smoking, and make doctor appointments. Monday represents a special unit of time in our culture, and is viewed as the start of a brand new week. And the best part--there are 52 chances to try to kick off your week right!
Meatless Monday is also good for restaurants! Since 2003, tens of thousands of restaurants, schools, and food service companies have begun participating in Meatless Monday in nearly 23 countries worldwide. Research conducted by the national Healthy Monday campaign shows that nearly 1 in 5 Americans participates and goes meatless on Monday, at least occasionally.
Peggy Neu, Director of Meatless Monday says about the campaign, “It is becoming a positive trend, and chefs and their guests are jumping on board,” she said. “In fact, we have restaurants telling us that their Meatless Monday choices are enticing people to dine out on Monday, and sometimes it is a whole new clientele. It’s easy to do and a celebration of alternatives that focus on fresh, local and seasonal produce.”
Meatless Monday is also good for restaurants! Since 2003, tens of thousands of restaurants, schools, and food service companies have begun participating in Meatless Monday in nearly 23 countries worldwide. Research conducted by the national Healthy Monday campaign shows that nearly 1 in 5 Americans participates and goes meatless on Monday, at least occasionally.
Peggy Neu, Director of Meatless Monday says about the campaign, “It is becoming a positive trend, and chefs and their guests are jumping on board,” she said. “In fact, we have restaurants telling us that their Meatless Monday choices are enticing people to dine out on Monday, and sometimes it is a whole new clientele. It’s easy to do and a celebration of alternatives that focus on fresh, local and seasonal produce.”
Featured meatless recipe
This burrito might surprise you with its sweetness, but the onion and garlic powders offer a savory balance to the cinnamon. Using whole wheat tortillas can complete the wrap the healthy way by keeping you fuller, longer. This recipe comes to us from Lindsay of The Happy Herbivore via Meatless Monday.
Serves 4
- 4-6 soft taco shells, tortillas or wraps
- 1 medium sweet potato, boiled until tender and drained
- 1 cup brown rice or quinoa, cooked to desired tenderness
- 10 oz frozen spinach
- 1 cup black beans
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- hot sauce, to taste
Cook spinach according to package directions, pressing out any excess water once the spinach is fully cooked.
Put the spinach in a bowl, sprinkle with garlic powder and salt and set aside.
Sprinkle cumin, onion powder and garlic powder over black beans, stirring to evenly coat beans with spices and set aside.
Peel cooked sweet potato and mash with a potato masher or fork. Sprinkle with cinnamon and stir to combine.
Combine sweet potato, spinach, grains and black beans in a large bowl, stirring to evenly combine, and scoop mixture into the center of the wrap. Drizzle with hot sauce
If you are looking for more vegetarian recipes to try look at the hundreds I have pinned on pinterest under the file RECIPES & VEGETARIAN FOOD & Let me know what you think: http://www.pinterest.com/audgenius/recipes-vegetarian-food/
As always have a happy & healthy day everyone. Y'all come back now you hear? Peace, Audrey
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